{"id":4012,"date":"2025-07-13T11:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T11:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4012"},"modified":"2025-07-13T11:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T11:29:10","slug":"omniglot-news-13-07-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4012","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (13\/07\/25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (13\/07\/25)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-07-13T11:29:09+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M34S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew writing system: Khom Thai, a descendent of the Old Khmer script used mainly to write religious texts in Pali, Sanskrit, Khmer, Thai and Lao.\n\nFrom: Wikimedia Commons, from the wellcome collect...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130725.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.6\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6954\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4012-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130725.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130725.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130725.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130725.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4012-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130725.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news130725.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/logos\/logo_omniglotnews-small.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px;\" alt=\"Omniglot News\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.<\/p>\n<p>New writing system: Khom Thai, a descendent of the Old Khmer script used mainly to write religious texts in Pali, Sanskrit, Khmer, Thai and Lao.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/8d\/A_poor_woodcutter_picks_lotus_flowers_in_a_pond_Wellcome_L0030800.jpg\" alt=\"The Khom Thai script on a Buddhist illustration\" height=\"268\" width=\"640\"><\/a><br \/><em>From: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:A_poor_woodcutter_picks_lotus_flowers_in_a_pond_Wellcome_L0030800.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/wellcomecollection.org\/search\/images?query=g78ajhff#\">wellcome collection<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>New constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/hunter.htm\">Hunter \u00d7 Hunter Alphabet<\/a> (\u30cf\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u6587\u5b57), an alternative script for Japanese created by Yoshiro Togashi (\u51a8\u6a2b\u7fa9\u535a) for use in his Hunter \u00d7 Hunter (\u30cf\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u00d7\u30cf\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc) manga series.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_hunter.jpg\" width=\"611\" height=\"134\" alt=\"Sample text in the Hunter \u00d7 Hunter Alphabet\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New language pages: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/taita.htm\">Taita<\/a> (Kitaita), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/suba.htm\">Suba<\/a> (Olusuba), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in the southwest of Kenya.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/zulgo-gemzek.htm\">Zulgo-Gemzek<\/a>, a Chadic language, or two closely-related Chadic languages, spoken in the Far North Province of Cameroon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New numbers pages: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/suba.htm\">Suba<\/a> (Olusuba), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in Homa Bay County in the southwest of Kenya.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/tobaqom.htm\">Toba Qom<\/a> (Qom La\u02bcaqtac), a Guaicuruan language spoken mainly in Argentina, and also in Bolivia and Paraguay. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/serrano.htm\">Serrano<\/a> (Maarr\u00eanga&#8217;twich), an Uto-Aztecan language spoken in southern California in the USA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Tower of Babel translation: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/taita.htm\">Taita<\/a> (Kitaita), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/p>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog we look into the origins of the phrase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24114\">Pie in the Sky<\/a>, and related phrases in English and other languages, and there\u2019s the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24117\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4012-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz130725.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz130725.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz130725.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a clue: this language is spoken in Bougainville in Papua New Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/mundari.htm\">Ghomara<\/a> (\u017eama\u03b5a \/ \u2d56\u2d53\u2d4e\u2d30\u2d54\u2d30), a Northern Berber language spoken in northern Morocco.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0yyJR0Ab9mY?si=_H14rHOGAWnb8MyD\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?page_id=2614\">Adventure in Etymology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4009\">Enumerating Numbers<\/a>, we untangle the roots of the word <strong>number<\/strong> and related words in English and other languages.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O0c65tR3TEg?si=YpqJ5i2GCY5zBexB\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMBUX82NSow\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ommiglot\/video\/7526293394067328278\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the Celtiadur blog there\u2019s a new post about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/07\/11\/who\/\">Who?<\/a>, and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>For more Omniglot News, see:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/\">https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/omniglot\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/omniglot\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Omniglot-100430558332117\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Omniglot-100430558332117<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&#038;i=b0\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/japanesepod101.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"float:right; margin: 0 0 0 15px;\" alt=\"JapanesePod101.com\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/id1432641094\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3\/radio-omniglot\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/radio-omniglot\">PlayerFM<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">podtail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&#038;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&#038;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">PayPal<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/omniglot\">Patreon<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Blog horizontal --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1685480124\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/services\/podcast-hosting\/?code=omniglot\">Blubrry Podcast Hosting<\/a>, a great place to host your podcasts. 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New writing system: Khom Thai, a descendent of the Old Khmer script used mainly to write religious texts in Pali, Sanskrit, Khmer, Thai and Lao. 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